diff -Naur http-parser-2.1-orig/http_parser.gyp http-parser-2.1/http_parser.gyp
--- http-parser-2.1-orig/http_parser.gyp	2013-03-26 18:35:20.000000000 -0400
+++ http-parser-2.1/http_parser.gyp	2013-05-23 16:47:49.280488341 -0400
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       },
       'Release': {
         'defines': [ 'NDEBUG' ],
-        'cflags': [ '-Wall', '-Wextra', '-O3' ],
+        'cflags': [ '-Wall', '-Wextra', '-O3', '-fPIC' ],
         'msvs_settings': {
           'VCCLCompilerTool': {
             'RuntimeLibrary': 0, # static release
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   'targets': [
     {
       'target_name': 'http_parser',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': 'shared_library',
       'include_dirs': [ '.' ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'defines': [ 'HTTP_PARSER_STRICT=0' ],
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     {
       'target_name': 'http_parser_strict',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': 'shared_library',
       'include_dirs': [ '.' ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'defines': [ 'HTTP_PARSER_STRICT=1' ],